Souvenir, ca. 1777?–89, French, Paris, Gold, lacquer; ivory, 3 9/16 × 2 1/8 in. (9 × 5.4 cm), Miniature by Nadine Vallin (active 1787–1813), In eighteenth-century Europe, Paris led the production of high-quality luxury goods. Parisian goldsmiths made a wide range of small, personal articles such as snuffboxes; étuis to hold sealing wax, tweezers, or utensils for sewing; souvenirs, which contained thin ivory tablets for note taking; and shuttles for knotting lace
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Souvenir, ca, 1777?–89, French, Paris, Gold, lacquer, ivory, 3 9/16, 2 1/8, 9, 5.4 cm, Miniature by Nadine Vallin, active, 1787–1813, eighteenth-century, Europe, Paris led, production, high-quality luxury, goods, Parisian goldsmiths, wide range, small, personal articles, snuffboxes, étuis, hold sealing, wax, tweezers, utensils, sewing, souvenirs, contained thin, tablets, note taking, shuttles, knotting lace
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